Chương 62: 62. Test results.

I know I said the weather today was warm, and I was telling the truth. But right now I'm feeling a different kind of warmth.

And it's coming from Duke.

"What were you talking about with Mary?"

He's asking when he clearly already knows. He wants to hear me say it with my own mouth while facing him. Is this one of what he meant when he talked about being intentional?

"Why did you run off?" I'm sure he knows the reason. My blushing cheeks must be screaming the reason to him right now. "What are you trying to hide from me?"

Since it has come to this, I can only get more embarrassed, nothing more. It's time to come clean. No more hiding, no more holding back…

"I love you." I profess.

"Pagne—" He calls my name… Better still, he breathes it out.